Early 20th Century French Wrought Iron Mounted Art Glass Vase

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Early 20th century art deco vase with mottled orange, pink, and white glass body with wide flared rim and blown … Read more Early 20th century art deco vase with mottled orange, pink, and white glass body with wide flared rim and blown in a wrought iron cage with applied ball details. Signed "Schneider" etched en-script, possibly Charles Schneider. Also en-script "France Ovington". Ovington Brothers also worked with glass and metal works.


Charles and Ernest Schneider were younger than Emile Galle and the Daum brothers, whose glassworks were in the same area of France. The Schneider brothers worked for Daum from the early 1900s, Ernest as a salesman/commercial manager, and Charles as a freelance designer.

The brothers left Daum around 1912, and recommissioned an old glassworks under the name Schneider Freres et Wolff (Schneider Brothers and Wolff), a few miles north of Paris in 1913. Henri Wolff was an architect friend of Charles Schneider. Ovington Brothers were also producing quality art glass.

Charles Schneider was a brilliant and versatile designer, and the company produced a wide range of superb designs. They were very successful in marketing their glass to major high prestige retail stores both in Paris and overseas. They bought back their shares and re-named the company Verrerie Schneider. See less